NJ Justices Say Schools Can Be Liable For Sexual Abuse

By George Woolston

The New Jersey Supreme Court said Wednesday that schools can be held liable for alleged acts of child sexual abuse committed outside the scope of a teacher's employment, and outlined the standard for establishing such a claim.

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2nd Circ. Spurns DOT Bid To Re-Freeze Hudson Tunnel Funds

By Linda Chiem

The Second Circuit on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's bid to again freeze federal payments to New York and New Jersey for the ongoing $16 billion rehabilitation of aging commuter train tunnels under the Hudson River.

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Hard Rock, Other Casinos Kept Illegal Tip Pools, Dealers Say

By Gina Kim

Bally's, Hard Rock, Borgata and Tropicana were hit with proposed class and collective actions Tuesday in New Jersey federal court by dealers who alleged the Atlantic City-based casinos paid less than minimum wage to tipped employees and illegally required them to pool tips, in violation of federal and state wage laws. 

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Union Claims NJ Hospital Broke State Law In Layoffs

By Katherine Smith

An American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local has accused a New Jersey hospital of violating state law by abruptly closing most of its facility in November without giving proper notice, in a complaint in New Jersey state court.

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Sales Agents Showed Insurance Co. Willfully Flouted FLSA

By Irene Spezzamonte

Sales agents supported their claims that an insurance marketing and sales organization willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, applying a longer statute of limitations to the workers' claims for unpaid wages.

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Exxon Cements Texas As Delaware's Emerging Rival

By Spencer Brewer

Last year, Vinson & Elkins partner Katherine Frank fielded about one call a week from companies thinking about redomiciling in Texas. Speaking to Law360 the day after ExxonMobil announced its plan to reincorporate in the Lone Star State due to its business-forward courts and policies, Frank said the callers fell into three categories.

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17 States Fight 'Unprecedented' WH Admissions Data Demand

By Julie Manganis

A coalition of more than a dozen states led by Massachusetts asked a federal judge Wednesday to block enforcement of a new Trump administration requirement to retroactively report detailed data on sex and race in college admissions, saying the survey was hastily implemented and rife with issues that expose schools to potential liability.

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Firm Doesn't Owe Ex-Managing Atty Fees In Client Luring Suit

By Mike Curley

A New Jersey state appeals court rejected a request Wednesday for sanctions and attorney fees by an attorney formerly with the Law Offices of Gary S. Park PC, saying the firm's amended complaint alleging she lured away clients was not filed to harass her.

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Pharma Co. Says Ex-Director Using Trade Secrets At New Job

By Elliot Weld

A specialty infusion therapy pharmacy has accused a former director of contracts of taking valuable trade secrets with her on her way out to work for a rival company.

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Hedge Fund Founder's Wife Can Expand Seward & Kissel Suit

By Jake Maher

The estranged wife of billionaire hedge fund founder John Overdeck won approval from a New Jersey state court to file an amended complaint broadening her ongoing malpractice case against Seward & Kissel LLP.

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PNC Bank, Coin Dealer Sued Over $400K Elder Fraud Loss

By Sydney Price

PNC Bank and New Jersey-based precious metals dealer American Coin & Stamp Co. Inc. have been hit with a retiree's complaint accusing them of ignoring red flags in an elder financial exploitation scheme, which involved the plaintiff handing over nearly $400,000 in gold coins directly to scammers.

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White & Case Blasts Bid To Quit CBRM Ch. 11

By Emily Lever

The troubled tale of New Jersey-based apartment building owner CBRM Realty Inc. has taken another turn as White & Case LLP objected to a move by the debtor's wind-down officer to resign.

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Del Monte's Minority Lenders Say Ch. 11 Plan Unfair

By Rick Archer

A minority group of lenders to Del Monte Foods are objecting to the canned food giant's Chapter 11 plan disclosures, saying the disclosure is uninformative and the proposed plan hopelessly unfair to their interests.

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McCarter & English Adds NJ Lobbyist To Gov't Affairs Group

By Jake Maher

McCarter & English LLP expanded its government affairs practice group this week with a lobbyist with experience as a staff member in the New Jersey Assembly, including time as chief of staff for then-Assemblymember Angela McKnight.

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4th Circ. Scolds Atty Suspected Of Using AI In Race Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Fourth Circuit has reprimanded an attorney suspected of using generative artificial intelligence to draft briefs in a race discrimination lawsuit against Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., warning that courts need to grapple with the technology as it "may soon become the norm."

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Democrats Seek Review Of Bondi's Role In Brother's Cases

By Alison Knezevich

Two Democratic lawmakers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general to review whether Attorney General Pam Bondi "adequately recused herself" from cases involving clients represented by her brother Brad Bondi, who is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP.

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Sinema Says Tryst With Ex-Guard Not In NC Court's Reach

By Abigail Harrison

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, now a Hogan Lovells attorney, told a North Carolina federal court Thursday that a lawsuit alleging her cross-country affair with a former member of her security detail ended a 14-year marriage must be dismissed because the trysts occurred outside state borders.

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Ex-Judge Testifies About Alleged Forgeries In Amazon Case

By Kelcey Caulder

The former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia testified Thursday about the alleged forging of court documents, signatures and court stamps in a criminal case against a woman accused of defrauding Amazon out of $9.4 million through fraudulent invoices. 

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Judge Newman Takes Suspension Battle To Supreme Court

By Ryan Davis

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman brought her fight against a suspension imposed on her by her colleagues to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing that a lower court wrongly held that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.

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Calif. Bar Says Internal Docs Bolster Claims Against Exam Co.

By Emily Sawicki

The State Bar of California has bulked up its breach of contract and fraud suit against the administrator of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, filing an amended complaint in light of information it says it learned from internal communications unearthed amid discovery.

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Holyoak's US Attorney Nomination Advances

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Melissa Holyoak, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the District of Utah was sent to the full Senate on Thursday.

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CFTC Takes 1st Steps Toward Prediction Market Regulations

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened the door Thursday to promised prediction market regulation, calling for public feedback on what such rules might look like while laying out the staff's view on the current rules that the platforms should follow in order to offer betting on sports and other events.

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